Quoit (?), n. [OE. coite; cf. OF. coitier to spur, press, (assumed) LL. coctare, fr. L. coquere, coctum, to cook, burn, vex, harass, E. cook, also W. coete a quoit.]
1. (a)
A flattened ring-shaped piece of iron, to be pitched at a fixed object in play; hence, any heavy flat missile used for the same purpose, as a stone, piece of iron, etc.
(b) pl.
A game played with quoits.
Shak.
2.
The discus of the ancients. See Discus.
3.
A cromlech.
[Prov. Eng.]
J. Morley.
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Quoit, v. i.
To throw quoits; to play at quoits.
To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive.
Dryden.
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Quoit, v. t.
To throw; to pitch.
[Obs. or R.]
Shak.
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